Elastic.



B. LAUGKNER.

' ELASTIC. APPLICATION I'ILBD APR. 16, 1908.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT clarion.

- BRUNO LAUCKNER, 0F OLBERNHAU-GRUNTHAL, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR T0 GROVE F.

NEWHARD, or sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ELASTIC.

orters and likearticles comprising a suitab ength of fabric andfastening devices at the ends thereof, and articularly to that class ofsuch devices in which the body is composed of an elastic and aninelastic fabric combined.

The object of .the invention is to provide garment supporters, includinggarters, sus-.

penders, hose supporters, and the like, of improved construction whereinthe extension of v the elastic portion of the body is limited in.

its elongation by.means of the inelastic portion of the body, thuspreventing overstretching which very often takes place'in articles ofthis character.

A further object is to provide means for more securely fastening theends" of thecompound fabric to the' fastening devices.

7 With these objects in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed .and' afterward spe' oifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, illustrating the invention in detail Figure1 1s a view in elevation ofpart of an article constructed in accordancewith the invention, one fastening device and part of the elastic andinelastic members being shown. and 4 are detail transverse sectional,views illustrating varied forms of. the inelastic Fi t 5 is a plan viewof the clamp for securing the body to. the fastening members, beforesecuring it in position. l -ig. 6 is a bottom view of the clamp detachedbut bent into securing form. Fig. 7 is a view in elevation of acompleted article the inelastic member being shown as gathered orruflied up, art of same being broken away.

'L' e reference characters mark the same parts in all of the figures.

Referrin specifically to the drawing, q. indicates a at fabric such as awebbing or ribbon which forms the inelastic member of the body. of thearticle and b a tube. formed longitudinall thereof. In Figs. 1, 2, 3 and7 but one tu e is shown but in Fig. 4 a lurality of parallel tubes maybe seen. he

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Application filed April 16, 1908.

Figs"; 2, 3,

Patented April 20, 1909.

Serial NO. 427,353.

number of such tubes may be varied Within reasonable limits. These tubesmay be variously constructed, Fig. 2 showing the tube woven with thefabric and Fig. 3 showing the tube formed by securing a suitable strip 0along oneside of the fabric;

The elastic member preferably,consists of a wound wire spring (1 whichmay be nick eled or otherwise protected against rust. This spring isinserted in the tube 6 as shown in Fig. 1 and is secured at. either endto the' As shown in Fig. 1., the

fasteningmeans e. spring (1 is secured simply by being hooked into aring f on the button yoke e but in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, there is shown myspecial form of clamp for this ur ose. This clam consists of a meta bank stamped ho ow or otherwise rounded out at the places It, i, k. Forclamping the end of the spiral spring (1 and attaching it to thefastening device c, this blank is bent along the line xm of Fi l, thetongues Z being bent at a right ang e" to close the annulus formed, bythe rounded portions i and the lower tongue 1 extending in between theadjacent turns of the introduced end of the spring, thereby securelyholding the latter, the'parts 9 being closed together. over, as shown inFigs/6 and 7, so'as to hold the two halves of the clamp together-. Thesleeves formed by the portions it freely turn on the cross-barn of thefastening device e.

After the ribbon is slid over the spring, it be gathered, ruffled orshirred, as shown ma T in fig. 7 and then secured to the fastening meanse, e, by sewing or otherwise to cover the, clamps. In use, the elasticmember can readily stretch, the gathers of the web giving, until thelatter is stretched to its fullest extent, when, by reason of its owninelastic nature, it will prevent further stretching of the elasticmember. Upon contraction of the spiralspring, the webbing will readilyagain shape itself into gathers, as shown. It is not, however,absolutely necessary to gather, ruflle or shirrthe fabric but simply.','to slip over the spring a length of ribbon or webbing of greaterlength than 'the spring and the act of placing it upon the sprin willgather it until it is of t e same lengt The little tongues m are bent asthe spring, this gathering and restretchlng being possible owing to thefabric being flat on the o posite sides of the tube.

It wi be seenfrom the foregoing that the flat fabric is secured tothefastening means along the whole width of the fabric, and in such amanner as to permit the fastening means to freely swing, and that thespring is also securely held to the fastening means without interferingwith its swinging.

What I claim as new is:

1. A garment supporter comprising an inelastic flexible member having alongitudinal tubular portion, and fiat portions on opposite sidesthereof, an elastic member in said tubular portion shorter than theinelastic member, means for removably fastening the supporter to agarment, and means for independently securing the elastic and inelasticmembers to the fastening means, substan tially as described.

2. A garment supporter comprising an inelastic member consisting of alongitudinal tube and flat portions extending from the opposite sidesthereof, an elastic member of 4 member to the fastening member,substantial'ly as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix' my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BRUNO LAUCKNER.

Witnesses:

HERBERT APPLEYARD, WILLIAM J. KAUJCTSNY.

